“In today’s economic and regulatory environment, having a well-planned approach to governance, risk and compliance (GRC) is essential,” explained Kimberly Samuelson, Director of Government Strategy at Laserfiche. “With DoD 5015.2-certified records management functionality, Laserfiche ECM serves as a foundational component of GRC, allowing records managers to drive better business outcomes.”

Laserfiche automates records and document management to ensure the standardization and reliability of information assets. Laserfiche Records Management Edition is a DoD 5015.2-certified solution that enables records managers to create a secure file plan and manage retention schedules without interfering with any department’s line of business.

Laserfiche will be on hand at booth #432 throughout the event to demonstrate its agile ECM and records management solutions and hand out the new white paper on GRC.

About Laserfiche
Since 1987, Laserfiche® has used its Run Smarter® philosophy to create simple and elegant enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. More than 28,000 organizations worldwide—including federal, state and local government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies—use Laserfiche software to streamline document, records and business process management.

Laserfiche distributes its software through a worldwide network of value-added resellers (VARs), who tailor solutions to clients’ individual needs. The Laserfiche VAR program has received the Five-Star Rating from Computer Reseller News/VARBusiness magazine.

Laserfiche® and Run Smarter® are registered trademarks of Compulink Management Center, Inc.

“Laserfiche Records Management Edition (RME) reduces costs, improves accountability and enhances security,” said Margaret Anderson, Certified Records Manager for Collin County, Texas.

Laserfiche transparent records management enables records managers to manage multiple software applications, multiple departments’ information requirements and multiple records series and retention schedules without raising costs or disrupting everyday work processes.

Laserfiche Senior Vice President Chris Wacker added, “Laserfiche RME improves adherence to a records management plan with the functionality users appreciate, uniting document management and DoD 5015.2-certified records management in a single platform.”

Collin County’s Anderson will be presenting a session titled, “Implementing an Electronic Document & Records Management Project” on Friday, October 16, to help participants assess the document management needs of their organizations and teach best practice tips for simplifying records management implementations. She will also outline the critical steps for planning the implementation and integration of an electronic records system.

“My goal is to highlight not only the importance of planning and project management, the involvement of customer departments and how people are impacted by new technology, but also to share some of the lessons learned over the last three years,” said Anderson.

For more information, please go to: http://www.laserfiche.com/landing/ARMA2009.html.

About Laserfiche

Laserfiche® creates simple and elegant enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that help organizations run smarter. Since 1987, more than 27,000 organizations worldwide—including government agencies, healthcare organizations, and Fortune 1000 companies—have used Laserfiche software to streamline document, records and business process management.

The Laserfiche ECM system is designed to give IT managers central control over their information infrastructure, including standards, security and auditing, while offering business units the flexibility to respond quickly to changing conditions. The Laserfiche product suite is built upon Microsoft® technologies to simplify system administration, supports Microsoft SQL and Oracle® platforms and features a seamless integration with Microsoft Office® applications and a two-way integration with SharePoint®.

Laserfiche distributes its software through a worldwide network of value-added resellers (VARs), who tailor solutions to clients’ individual needs. The Laserfiche VAR program has received the Five-Star rating from Computer Reseller News/VARBusiness magazine.

Laserfiche is a registered trademark of Compulink Management Center, Inc.

Avante’s individual user connections include Laserfiche document management, Workflow, Scanning, Snapshot and E-Mail, and an intuitive pricing structure makes it simple and affordable to add new features and functionality to your Laserfiche system. For a percentage of the price of your user licenses, you can add Web Access or Audit Trail, or for a fixed price, you can add Quick Fields, Plus or fully integrated, DoD 5015.2-certified records management. And when your system grows large enough, it’s simple to upgrade to Rio enterprise content management.

If you’ve been thinking about expanding the capabilities of your Laserfiche system, Avante may be the right fit for you. We’ll be taking orders for upgrades from Team and United systems as soon as Avante is released; for more information about upgrading, please contact your reseller.

To learn more about system components, or for answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the Avante Web site.

“The ECM industry has been deluged with complex and difficult-to-implement systems that have been cobbled together from many different products,” said Laserfiche CEO Nien-Ling Wacker. “The time is right for an innovative solution that is easy to purchase, deploy and administer. Rio transcends product boundaries to unite document management, business process management and transparent records management in a single enterprise solution.”

With Rio, organizations simply purchase named user licenses which provide a full range of ECM functionality, including workflow automation, Web-based document management, audit trail tracking, optional DoD 5015.2-certified records management and powerful capture tools that unify content located in disparate systems and formats. Licenses range from $700 to $100 per user, based on the quantity purchased.

Rio also includes an unlimited number of Laserfiche servers and repositories, which organizations can use to support back ups, failover clusters, testing environments and multiple locations. To expand their systems, organizations simply purchase additional licenses, which eliminates long requisition processes and makes budgeting for an enterprise deployment much easier.

“We chose Rio because it really made sense,” said Frank Hagy, CIO of the Florida League of Cities. “Because we have locations in different parts of the state, Rio will help us streamline administration, add additional functionality and reduce our annual support costs. It’s a refreshing way to think about ECM.”

Rio is built on a Microsoft platform and uses Microsoft-standard tools, including Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and the .NET framework, to simplify system administration. Laserfiche Workflow, built on the Windows Workflow Foundation, helps organizations move beyond simple document routing to automate everyday tasks, optimize business processes and share information with a wide variety of applications. And a seamless integration with SharePoint^® enables users to work with both paper and electronic documents from a uniform, user-friendly interface.

“We design our products to make complex systems simpler,” said Wacker. “Rio provides what enterprises have been looking for—an intuitive, easy-to-use ECM system that builds on their existing Microsoft infrastructure.”

About Laserfiche

Laserfiche (www.laserfiche.com) creates simple and elegant document management solutions that help organizations run smarter. Since 1987, Laserfiche has helped more than 25,000 organizations—including state and local governments, financial services firms and healthcare organizations—streamline processes for managing documents, records and workflow.

We’re pleased to announce that Laserfiche 8 has received DoD 5015.2 certification. Because it involves such rigorous testing, 5015.2 certification serves as the de facto standard for records management applications, according to Laserfiche Software Release Manager Justin Pava.

The certification process included four days of testing by a staff member from the DoD’s Joint Interoperability Test Command. Pava explains that the testing process involved tasks that are not only part of records management but of document management in general, such as importing documents, working with metadata, and using the Audit Trail™ module. The tester also worked with some of the new functionality in Laserfiche 8, such as the new template field types.

“The testing process went very smoothly—the tester did not have any trouble figuring out how to use Laserfiche, and she asked very few questions,” Pava says. “In fact, she mentioned that this was one of the smoothest certifications she’s done—and she’s been performing these certification tests for more than ten years.

“The fact that Laserfiche meets the DoD’s standards for records storage, retention and destruction shows that Laserfiche offers a well-designed system that will help records managers in all industries do their jobs more effectively,” he continues. “Just as important, the certification marks an important milestone in the development of Laserfiche 8, because it shows that Laserfiche 8 is as intuitive and easy-to-use as earlier versions of the software, and can also stand up to rigorous testing.”

If you’d like to learn more about Laserfiche records management functionality, please visit the Records Management Section of our Website.

The DoD—along with a variety of other government agencies—will only purchase records management applications that meet the core functionality requirements outlined in standard 5015.2. Because this certification involves such rigorous testing, it has become the de facto standard for records management applications.

Laserfiche Software Release Manager, Justin Pava said, “According to the DoD, this was one of the smoothest and issue-free certifications that they have seen in years. The Development team put in quite a lot of work to meet this milestone, and we congratulate them for it!”

The testing process involved tasks that are not only part of records management but of document management in general, such as importing documents, working with metadata, and using the Audit Trail module. The test officer also worked with some of the new functionality in Laserfiche 8, such as independent template fields. “The testing process lasted for four days and went very smoothly,” said Pava. “The test officer had no problem figuring out how to use the system and asked very few questions.”

To gather information for her report, the test officer looked at a number of modules, including Workflow, Web Access, WebLink^™, Quick Fields^™ and Import Agent^™. Pava says the test officer was particularly impressed with the new version of Workflow and the numerous enhancements that Laserfiche has made over earlier versions.

According to Pava, the fact that Laserfiche meets the DoD’s standards for records storage, retention and destruction shows that Laserfiche has a well-designed, feature rich system that will help records managers in all industries do their jobs more effectively. “Just as important, the certification marks an important milestone in the development of Laserfiche 8, because it shows that Laserfiche 8 is as intuitive and easy-to-use as earlier versions of the software, yet can stand up to rigorous outside testing,” Pava said.

Laserfiche President & CEO, Nien-Ling Wacker said, “We have a great government user community and we are pleased to provide VARs with a competitive edge, and end users with more features and capabilities in line with our mission to help organizations run smarter, especially as technology evolves.”

About Laserfiche
Laserfiche^® (www.laserfiche.com) creates simple and elegant document management solutions that help organizations run smarter. Since 1987, more than 25,000 organizations—including numerous federal, state and local government agencies and departments—have used Laserfiche software to streamline processes for managing documents, records and workflow. By digitizing paper archives, Laserfiche enables users to instantly pinpoint the information they need, collaborate more effectively and complete daily tasks more efficiently. Secure Web access allows governments to easily share information with other agencies and with constituents, while comprehensive security options protect information from unauthorized access or release. Records management functionality also ensures compliance with a range of standards, including Department of Defense (DoD) standard 5015.2.